"always restored by the end of the episode, usually thanks to the timely intervention of Bagpuss, Gabriel or Madeleine. The newly mended thing was then placed in the shop window, so that whoever had lost it would see it as they went past, and could come in and claim it. Then Bagpuss would start yawning again, and as he fell asleep the narrator would speak as the colour faded to sepia and they all became toys again. The scene is set at the turn of the 20th century, with Emily Firmin playing the part of the Victorian child Emily. The"
"Bagpuss Bagpuss is a British children's television series, made by Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate through their company Smallfilms. The series of 13 episodes was first broadcast from 12 February 1974 to 7 May 1974. The title character was ""a saggy, old cloth cat, baggy, and a bit loose at the seams"". Although only 13 episodes were made, it remains fondly remembered, and was frequently repeated in the UK for 13 years. In 1999 ""Bagpuss"" topped a BBC poll for the UK's favourite children's TV programme. Each programme began in the same way: through a series of sepia photographs, the"
"Pictures. Bagpuss Bagpuss is a British children's television series, made by Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate through their company Smallfilms. The series of 13 episodes was first broadcast from 12 February 1974 to 7 May 1974. The title character was ""a saggy, old cloth cat, baggy, and a bit loose at the seams"". Although only 13 episodes were made, it remains fondly remembered, and was frequently repeated in the UK for 13 years. In 1999 ""Bagpuss"" topped a BBC poll for the UK's favourite children's TV programme. Each programme began in the same way: through a series of sepia photographs,"
"Bag run a general store. They live on Main Street in an unidentified town with their human friend Molly and a variety of other animals named for their species. Two sock puppets named Lyle the Sock and Argyle McSock work as stockroom boys and often interact with the main cast. In 1997, a humanoid Muppet character called Sofie was introduced. The first season features frequent interaction with a large cast of human regulars, including an assortment of child friends and colorful locals. Additional puppets were performed by Jeff Conover, James Andrew Stone, and Matt Vogel. The scenes with Chelli and"
"world. In 1987 the University of Kent at Canterbury awarded honorary degrees to Postgate and Firmin. In his speech, Postgate stated that the degree was really intended for Bagpuss, who was subsequently displayed in academic dress. In 1999 the series came first in a BBC poll selecting the nation's favourite children's show. It also came fourth in the 2001 Channel 4 poll, the 100 Greatest Kids' TV shows. In 2002 and 2005 a stage show of ""Bagpuss"" songs toured UK folk festivals and theatres with original singers Sandra Kerr and John Faulkner, along with Kerr's daughter Nancy Kerr and her"
"mother, Thelma, came up with the name ""Slush Puppie"" while sitting on their front porch in Cincinnati, Ohio. The business started from a home address in Cincinnati and progressed to a single door small warehouse, to a manufacturing plant/warehouse, to a candy and tobacco distributor, to finally a showplace building that overlooks the city of Cincinnati. Under Radcliff, Slush Puppie grew to $25 million in annual sales. Radcliff sold Slush Puppie to Cadbury Schweppes for $16.6 million in 2000. Slush Puppie was then acquired by J & J Snack Foods (aka the ICEE Corporation), a food manufacturer based in New"
"daughters: One, Emily, appeared in the opening sequence of ""Bagpuss"". The Firmins lived on the farm in Blean, Kent, where Smallfilms produced their programmes. Firmin died on 1 July 2018 at his home in Kent after a short illness at the age of 89. Peter Firmin Peter Arthur Firmin (11 December 1928 – 1 July 2018) was an English artist and puppet maker. He was the founder of Smallfilms, along with Oliver Postgate. Between them they created a number of popular children's TV programmes, ""The Saga of Noggin the Nog"", ""Ivor the Engine"", ""Clangers"", ""Bagpuss"" and ""Pogles' Wood"". Born in"
"Sandra Kerr Sandra Kerr (born 14 February 1942, Plaistow, Essex) is an English folk singer. Kerr sings and plays English concertina, guitar, Appalachian dulcimer and autoharp. She was a member of The Critics Group from 1963-72. With John Faulkner, she wrote the music for the TV series ""Bagpuss"" and voiced the character of Madeleine Remnant (the rag doll). Kerr has been involved in many programmes for BBC Radio including ""The Music Box"" and ""Listening Corner"". She has sung with her daughter Nancy Kerr (whose father is Ron Elliott, a Northumbrian piper) and in the groups Sisters Unlimited and Voice Union."
"Her work has developed to include teaching and leading workshops and she is the director of two folk choirs, Wercasfolk and VoiceMale. She was on the staff of Newcastle University's music department for 17 years until 2017. Sandra Kerr Sandra Kerr (born 14 February 1942, Plaistow, Essex) is an English folk singer. Kerr sings and plays English concertina, guitar, Appalachian dulcimer and autoharp. She was a member of The Critics Group from 1963-72. With John Faulkner, she wrote the music for the TV series ""Bagpuss"" and voiced the character of Madeleine Remnant (the rag doll). Kerr has been involved in"
"Big Bag Big Bag is an American children's television series created by Nina Elias-Bamberger for Cartoon Network. It was targeted at preschool viewers. The show was co-produced by Cartoon Network and Sesame Workshop (which was called the Children's Television Workshop at the time), with Muppet characters created by The Jim Henson Company. It aired from 1996 to 1998 alongside another program titled ""Small World"". Localized versions of ""Big Bag"" aired on Canal J in France and Yorkshire Television in the UK. The principal Muppet character is Chelli, a puppet dog who is joined by his best friend Bag. Chelli and"
"Oliver Postgate Richard Oliver Postgate (12 April 1925 – 8 December 2008), generally known as Oliver Postgate, was an English animator, puppeteer and writer. He was the creator and writer of some of Britain's most popular children's television programmes. ""Pingwings"", ""Pogles' Wood"", ""Noggin the Nog"", ""Ivor the Engine"", ""Clangers"" and ""Bagpuss"", were all made by Smallfilms, the company he set up with Peter Firmin, and were shown on the BBC between the 1950s and the 1980s, and on ITV from 1959 to the present day. In a 1999 BBC poll ""Bagpuss"" was voted the most popular children's television programme of"
"was something different every week. The 1963 series featured Sausage, a puppet dachshund who could speak a few words and generally shared the presentation with Vera McKechnie. The 1987 VHS release by BBC Video featured an episode including Sausage the puppet dog, the Adventures of the Jolly Jack Tars (a group of sailors), making paper lanterns, growing mustard and cress, and a regular cartoon of a little girl called Bizzy Lizzy, who had a magic flower. The 'Bizzy Lizzy' inserts for Picture Book were narrated by Maria Bird, who also narrated ""Andy Pandy"", ""The Woodentops"" and ""The Flowerpot Men"". A"
"BBC did not like Peter's first character, a man in top hat made from black Irish bog oak called ""Professor Bogwood"". They thought it was too frightening and asked for a non-human instead. Bagpuss is now retired. First he lived with Rupert Bear in the Rupert Bear Museum in Canterbury, part of the Canterbury Heritage Museum. After its closure at the end of 2017, he and Rupert Bear moved to the Beaney House of Art and Knowledge in Canterbury. Most of the stories and songs used in the series are based on folk songs and fairy tales from around the"
"customers always ended up returning Magilla, forcing Mr. Peebles to refund their money. Magilla often ended each episode with his catchphrase ""We'll try again next week."" An adorable, admiring little red headed girl named Ogee, who asked, ""How much is that Gorilla in the window?"" during the show's opening theme song, appeared occasionally. In a send up of the feuding Hatfields and McCoys, an orange hillbilly cat named Punkin' Puss (voiced by Allan Melvin) is constantly chasing a hard to catch hillbilly mouse named Mushmouse (voiced by Howard Morris). Punkin' Puss' weapon of choice is a shotgun. Ricochet Rabbit (voiced"
"American industrial center for the manufacturing of automobiles and parts, among other industries. The city also continued to grow in area. By 1956, the city had grown to , and doubled in size over the next decade to its current size of roughly . Today, the city's economy is diversified among government service, healthcare, manufacturing, insurance, banking, and education. On September 26, 1963, a 12-year-old, 3,000-pound female dancing elephant named Rajje (alternately reported as Raji and Little Rajjee, among other variations) rebelled against her trainer during a performance in a shopping-center circus near what was then Logan Street and Holmes"
"shop-window from the opening scene of Bagpuss, because its creators Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate filmed the programmes at Firmin's house near Canterbury. The museum is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund and Express Newspapers. Regular family interactive events were scheduled. In June 2008 there was a two-day celebration of the centenary of Ian Fleming's birth and of the James Bond films. In November 2008 there was a Rupert Bear Day, with the cartoon's new illustrator Stuart Trotter signing Rupert books. In July 2009 the museum celebrated the anniversary of Neil Armstrong's first moonwalk in 1969. It was an interactive"
"fictional all-girl band 'The Sweet Potatoes'. At this time, Robbie Hahn handed over the DJ Kat puppet to British puppeteer Don Austen (who was already employed by Sky as Wally Blubb The Walrus on their ""Fun Factory"" weekend morning show). Hahn swiftly rejoined Linda de Mol back in the Netherlands for the very similar TROS television programme 'De Billy Hotdog Show'. The main differences being that the title character was a dog and the show broadcast only once a week. Catrina Hylton-Hull (aka ""Treen""), stepdaughter of the late Rod Hull of Emu fame, after numerous auditions, made her first appearance"
"Snagglepuss Snagglepuss is a Hanna-Barbera cartoon character created in 1959, a pink anthropomorphic cougar sporting an upturned collar, shirt cuffs, and a string tie who has a great desire to be a stage actor. He is voiced by Daws Butler and is best known for his catchphrases: ""Heavens to Murgatroyd!"" and ""Exit, stage left!"" A similar-looking orange mountain lion, known as ""Snaggletooth"" and without collar or cuffs, first appeared in ""The Quick Draw McGraw Show"" in 1959, before appearing as a supporting character in ""Augie Doggie & Doggie Daddy"" and ""Snooper and Blabber"". Snagglepuss appeared in his own series of"
"a few years later. In 1959, Elmer Jr. graduated from the University of Missouri and married one of his ""popcorn girls"", Amy. The two generations of Bills continued the expansion of the company, and welcomed the birth of Elmer Jr. and Amy's daughter, Bridget. Sterling Bagby went to work for Elmer Sr. as a concession clerk at age 10 in 1936. After serving a stint in World War II, Bagby returned to Missouri and married a ticket seller from Higbee, Pauline. Together, the Bagbys started the Bagby Traveling Picture Show. The Show was, in essence, a portable movie theater, and"
"retail chain. De Beaumont inherited ownership of the strip from his mother, Aedita de Beaumont, who married Fisher in 1925 (the couple parted after four weeks, but never divorced). Augustus Mutt is a tall, dimwitted racetrack character—a fanatic horse-race gambler who is motivated by greed. Mutt has a wife, known only as Mrs. Mutt (Mutt always referred to her as ""M'love"") and a son named Cicero. Mutt first encountered the half-pint Jeff, an inmate of an insane asylum who shares his passion for horseracing, in 1908. They appeared in more and more strips together until the strip abandoned the horse-race"
"and intelligent (arguably smarter than Abner, Tiny or Pappy), she was accepted as part of the family (""the youngest,"" as Mammy invariably introduces her). She is 100% ""Hammus Alabammus"" — an adorable species of pig, and the last female known in existence. A plump, juicy ""Hammus Alabammus"" is the rarest and most vital ingredient of ""ecstasy sauce,"" an indescribably delicious gourmet delicacy. Consequently, Salomey is frequently targeted by unscrupulous sportsmen, hog breeders and gourmands (like J.R. Fangsley and Bounder J. Roundheels), as well as unsavory boars with improper intentions (such as Boar Scarloff and Porknoy). Her moniker was a pun"
"her parents who run a plumbing home business called Pamplemouse Plumbing. She owns four talking hamsters called the ZhuZhus; Pipsqueak, Mr. Squiggles, Num Nums, and Chunk, as they have adventures in their town. ""The ZhuZhus"" is produced by Nelvana and Cepia LLC, in association with Corus Entertainment. The series is animated using Toon Boom Animation and recorded in Studio 306 Inc. It was first announced on February 12, 2015 by Kristin Musulin of ""USA Today"" as a Nelvana production, with a planned release of 2016. The show was originally referred to as ""ZhuZhu Pets"", but the actual title was revealed"
"Shari Lewis Phyllis Naomi Hurwitz (January 17, 1933 – August 2, 1998), better known as Shari Lewis, was an American ventriloquist, puppeteer, children's entertainer and television show host. She was best known as the original puppeteer of the sock puppet Lamb Chop, first appearing on Captain Kangaroo in March 1956 and then ""Hi Mom"", a local morning television show that aired on WRCA-TV (now WNBC-TV) in New York City. Lewis was born Phyllis Naomi Hurwitz (some sources cite Sonia Phyllis Hurwitz) to Jewish parents, Ann Ritz and Abraham Hurwitz, an education professor at Yeshiva University. She had one sister. Her"
"Pepper, a wisecracking skunk passionate about comedy; Minka, a bouncy spider monkey with a flair for painting and visual arts; Penny Ling, a sensitive giant panda interested in rhythmic gymnastics; Russell, a hedgehog who is often the self-appointed leader of his animal bunkmates; Sunil, a mongoose and magician hopeful; Vinnie, a clumsy gecko obsessed with dancing; and Zoe, a diva-like dog with a talent for singing. Other human characters include Mrs. Twombly, owner of the shop and Blythe's boss, and Youngmee Song, Sue Patterson, and Jasper Jones, Blythe's friends. Hasbro owns the rights of both Blythe and Littlest Pet Shop,"
"be taken up by other ITV franchises around the country. The show was hosted by Noel Edmonds with Keith Chegwin, John Craven and, from 1978, Maggie Philbin. Also featured was Posh Paws, a stuffed toy dinosaur. Edmonds once explained that his name was actually spelt ""Pohs Paws"", because that is ""Swap Shop"" backwards as suggested in the phone in by 5 year old Duncan Beck. Another person named was ""Eric"" (Ilett), the often-referred to but never seen technician whose job was to lower a plastic globe containing postcards sent in by viewers as answers to competitions. Eric performed a similar"
"trucks. Mighty Haag Circus rested and wintered first in Lecompte, Louisiana and then later back in Shreveport. With the success of the Circus Haag had a home made in Shreveport. In 1920 the Circus moved it wintered headquarter to Marianna, Florida. Ruby Haag Brown, daughter of the late Charles William Fisher and Ruth Eleanor Gregory was a performer in the show, she is known for Alice the elephant picking her up by her mouth and carrying her around by her legs. Ruby also did aerial acts in the show. She was married to Harry Eugene Haag Senior for 29 years."
"Each bear came with a story tape narrated by Oliver Postgate of Bagpuss fame, with one side explaining how the WereBears came to be and the other telling the individual bear's own adventure. In 1986, another line of teddies called the TerrorTeds were created. A fifth WereBear named Growler was released the same year. The WereBears' adventure begins near the fictional village of Munchen-Luncheon, a tiny place in a remote corner of Bavaria where time seems to have stood still. The Bears were created by kindly old toymaker Baron Egon Baconburger, who lives in Castle Casserole. But the Baron fell"
"Magnolia Thunderpussy Magnolia Thunderpussy (30 October 1939 – 15 May 1996), born Patricia Donna Mallon was a San Francisco burlesque performer, radio personality, filmmaker and restaurateur. Thunderpussy operated two San Francisco restaurants in the 1960s: the one at 1398 Haight Street (at the corner of Haight and Masonic), which bore her name, featured a late-night delivery service and erotic desserts such as ""The Montana Banana"", which was an unsplit banana, representing a phallus, served ""erect"" in a food service ""boat"" with two scoops of ice cream, representing the other components of male genitalia, with shredded coconut, representing pubic hair, and"
"Las Vegas, and with contributions from several investors. He opened a second store, Ether, in 1994. In 1995 Fitzpatrick converted half of his retail space into a shop that sold Hush Puppies shoes exclusively. A 25-foot inflatable basset hound - the company's logo - sat atop the building. Pee-Wee Herman (Paul Reuben) bought a few pairs from the shop and word of mouth quickly spread. He began flying to the company's headquarters in Rockford, Michigan, working with them to expand their range of designs. When they refused to make women's sizes, Fitzpatrick got them to agree to produce bigger sizes"
"business trip around Christmas time, leaving Garfield a week's worth of food, which he devoured instantly. Garfield then leaves the house and gets locked out. He then reunites with his mother, and eventually makes it back home in the snow on Christmas Eve (1984 December 3 to 23). Part of this storyline was taken from the 1983 Emmy-winning special ""Garfield on the Town"". Paws, Inc. was founded in 1981 by Jim Davis to support the Garfield comic strip and its licensing. It is located in Muncie, Indiana, and has a staff of nearly 50 artists and licensing administrators. In 1994,"
"Peter Firmin Peter Arthur Firmin (11 December 1928 – 1 July 2018) was an English artist and puppet maker. He was the founder of Smallfilms, along with Oliver Postgate. Between them they created a number of popular children's TV programmes, ""The Saga of Noggin the Nog"", ""Ivor the Engine"", ""Clangers"", ""Bagpuss"" and ""Pogles' Wood"". Born in Harwich, Essex, in 1928, Peter Firmin trained at the Colchester School of Art in Colchester. After National Service in the Royal Navy, he attended Central School of Art and Design in London from 1949-1952. He worked in a stained glass studio, as an illustrator"
"Shay's Bones and Biscuits Shay's Bones and Biscuits was a company that sold dog treats, founded by 11-year-old Shay Hammond in 2004. Shay was inspired to found the company by her dog, Pancake, to whom she used to feed homemade treats. The company was fairly small scale, with an annual revenue of about $200, however, as a result of her founding of the company Hammond was awarded $1000 by NFTE. The company traded online and in retail outlets in Kentucky, but it has since been discontinued, as Hammond was too busy with school activities to continue it. The company was"
"Littlest Pet Shop (2012 TV series) Littlest Pet Shop is a Canadian–American children's animated television series developed by Julie McNally-Cahill and Tim Cahill for Hasbro Studios. Based on the Littlest Pet Shop and Blythe toys owned by Hasbro, the show follows Blythe Baxter, a teenage girl who, after moving into an apartment in a metropolitan area, gains the ability to communicate with animals. Located below her apartment is the eponymous pet store where Blythe works and talks to a group of pets who regularly reside at a day care in the shop. Worried that a corrupt rival business will drive"